1, 2, 3 Sign!
While brainstorming with Thomas Righetti at the final EsoDoc session in Trento (Italy) about an idea that was stuck in my head, we came up with some interesting ideas about creating online solutions for the deaf. Below is one idea I'd like to develop. Thank you Thomas for your input!
(feel free to leave your comments)
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“1, 2, 3 SIGN”
The Cyprus Deaf Community have created a thick bubble around their experiences. For this very reason there are destructive internal battles between all of the people inside this region. As a consequence, the hearing community does not know of their existence except through the Sign translators for the afternoon news who are not Deaf.
“Air” needs to be allowed into this “bubble” and vice versa. “1, 2, 3 SIGN” is an online project that attempts to spark an online interaction encouraging to bridge the gap between the two communities and further intice communication.
“1, 2, 3 SIGN” is an online amplet that generates short sentences in Cypriot Sign Langauage. A simple yet fun way for the hearing to learn short phrases. Unlike many online Sign Langauage Dictionaries they only associate with single words, “1, 2, 3 SIGN” encourages users to learn short phrases.
The user is presented with a video screen and three drop down menus below it. Users select desired words from the menu to create a phrase, then click on “play”, a video is loaded where a person interprets the chosen phrase into Cypriot Sign Langauage. Such phrases may be: “I am hungry”, “She wants a glass of wine”, “We are very excited to be here”, etc.
Working with a small group of (3-5) youngsters from the deaf community over the course of 2-3 weeks. Participants will develop the phrases and collect the words for interpretation before a camera and upload if onto the amplet. The project also introduces various online interactove tools. Along with developing the “1, 2, 3 SIGN” amplet, the following Web2 tools will be introduced:
YouTube – a popular free video sharing web site which lets users upload, view, and share video clips.
Flikr - a photo sharing website and web services suite, and an online community platform.
MySpace - a social networking website offering an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music, and videos.
Blog - a website where entries are made in journal style and displayed in a reverse chronological order.
Web access, video camera, webcam, computers, photocamera, moblie phone with video camera features will be some of the tools that will be required to run the project. Participants require general knowledge of the web.
(feel free to leave your comments)
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“1, 2, 3 SIGN”
The Cyprus Deaf Community have created a thick bubble around their experiences. For this very reason there are destructive internal battles between all of the people inside this region. As a consequence, the hearing community does not know of their existence except through the Sign translators for the afternoon news who are not Deaf.
“Air” needs to be allowed into this “bubble” and vice versa. “1, 2, 3 SIGN” is an online project that attempts to spark an online interaction encouraging to bridge the gap between the two communities and further intice communication.
“1, 2, 3 SIGN” is an online amplet that generates short sentences in Cypriot Sign Langauage. A simple yet fun way for the hearing to learn short phrases. Unlike many online Sign Langauage Dictionaries they only associate with single words, “1, 2, 3 SIGN” encourages users to learn short phrases.
The user is presented with a video screen and three drop down menus below it. Users select desired words from the menu to create a phrase, then click on “play”, a video is loaded where a person interprets the chosen phrase into Cypriot Sign Langauage. Such phrases may be: “I am hungry”, “She wants a glass of wine”, “We are very excited to be here”, etc.
Working with a small group of (3-5) youngsters from the deaf community over the course of 2-3 weeks. Participants will develop the phrases and collect the words for interpretation before a camera and upload if onto the amplet. The project also introduces various online interactove tools. Along with developing the “1, 2, 3 SIGN” amplet, the following Web2 tools will be introduced:
YouTube – a popular free video sharing web site which lets users upload, view, and share video clips.
Flikr - a photo sharing website and web services suite, and an online community platform.
MySpace - a social networking website offering an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music, and videos.
Blog - a website where entries are made in journal style and displayed in a reverse chronological order.
Web access, video camera, webcam, computers, photocamera, moblie phone with video camera features will be some of the tools that will be required to run the project. Participants require general knowledge of the web.
posted by Chris at
4:21 AM
4 Comments:
Hi Chris! Just a stupid idea...
While surfing the net, I've found a website with animation regarding sign language...well at least it seemed to be "real SL", but at it was not...
By the way: why not including also animation? this could also be "funny" and "entertaining"...
ciao guagliò! T.
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tomoski, at 3:42 AM
sorry, i'm already back...
i'm sure you already thought about it, but if you're going to use a web-platform, video-chat could be a good idea. moreover, as you said, blogging through mobiles with camera could also be interesting. Yeah: interacting, entartaining and "DIY", in the sense that people should be able to create their own community without the need of an "administrator". If you're gonna use joomla, UHP2 (http://tinyurl.com/ykunrr) could be interesting (eventhough you have to pay a bit, sh**!)
ciao! T.
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tomoski, at 3:52 AM
that's the right address:
http://www.joomla.org/content/view/1489/38/ (tinyurl.com is to make'em shorter...)
now i'll stop!
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tomoski, at 3:54 AM
Tomoski, thanks for your suggestions. Joomla would be an ideal solution. The Cyprus Deaf Federation's website needs a complete redesign/restructure.
http://pp12.spidernet.net/MAIN/default.aspx
I'll propose to use Joomla. thanks!
By
Chris, at 9:49 AM
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